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J. G. WILSON. MACHINE FOR POUNGING HATS.

Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. WVILSON, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN T. YVARING,

' OF SAMEPLAOE.

MACHINE FOR POUNCING HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 400,282, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed July 19, 1888. Serial No. 280,404. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN O.W1LsoN, of Yonkers, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Pouncing Hats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In carrying out my invention I employ, in combination with a rotary hat-block, a roller having a pouncing-surface, and which is free to rotate by contact with a hat placed upon and rotating with said block, as described in my Letters Patent No. 366,804.

My present invention consists, principally, in certain combinations, hereinafter described and claimed, of which such a roller forms an element.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of a pouncing-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View representing the said pouncing roller and pouncing-pad used in connection therewith, and a support or holder common to both, and a portion of a rotating hatblock. Fig. at is a side view of the saidpouncin g-roller, pouncing-pad, and holder; and Fig. 5 represents a transverse section taken in the line a: a; of Figs. 3 and 4.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a framing supporting the bearings b for an upright shaft, B, the bearings c for an upright shaft, 0, and the bearings d for a horizontal main shaft, D. The shaft B carries the rotary hat-block B, which may be such as is commonly used in pouncing-machines.

E designates the pouncing-roller having a pouncing-surface, and represented as journaled within a square yoke, E, which forms part of a hand-lever, E, which is fulcrumed by a ball-and-socket or universal joint, e, in a post, E erected on the frame A. The said lever E is also represented as constructed or provided with a second square yoke, E*,which contains an elastic pouncing-pad, F, which constitutes an important feature of my invention. The said yokes E and E* and hand-lever E maybe considered as parts of one common holder or support, in or by which the said The said pad is representedas fitting snugly between the parallel sides v of said yoke or holder, and secured against one end of the yoke by setscrews f, screwing through the opposite end. In order to provide for the adjustment of the said pad in the holder in such variable relation to the pouncing-block B that it may come in contact with a hat on the block 13, as illustrated in Fig. 3, at any desirable distance in front of the roller, adjusting-screws f are provided in the bottom of the yoke E* or holder, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. On slackening the screws f the adjustment can be made by the screws f, and on the adjustment being made it is secured by screwing up the screws f. The elastic pouncing-pad F being so adjusted relatively to the pouncing-roller E in the yoke and with relation to the fulcrum e and the rotary hat-block B, the face of the said pad, which is toward the hat-block, may be brought into contact with the hat on the pouncing-roller E can be brought into contact therewith; but the elasticity of the said pad is such that by pressing it against the hat by means of the lever E and holder E it will be caused to yield sufficiently to allow the said roller to come into contact with the hat while it remains itself in contact therewith.

In order to provide for the yielding of the elastic pouncing-pad above described, the said pad is made with that portion f which comes the hat-block B, as shown in Fig. 3, before connects it with a slide, G in a standard, G erected upon the main frame This slide is connected by a rod, g, with a crank pin or wrist, g at the upper end of the shaft C. The rotation of the said crankpin with the said shaft gives a reciprocating movement to the rod g, slide G lever G, and pouncer G.

The above reciprocating pouncer in itself constitutes no part of my invention, as it is substantially what is described in Letters Patent No. 208,197; but as arranged in my machine as above described the lever G can be held in one hand by an attendant or operator while he holds the lever E in the other, and he can at will operate upon the hat with the pouncing-pad F, or with the said pad F and roller E and the reciprocating pouncer G simultaneously, or with the said reciprocating block and the pad F and roller E separately.

The hat-block shaft B is fitted with a pulley, B for receiving rotary motion at a high speed through a belt, B", from a larger pulley, D, on the driving-shaft D. The driving shaft I) also carries another pulley, D from which a belt, D runs to a pulley, C, on the upright shaft 0. Another pulley, G on the said shaft (5 receives a belt, C running on a larger pulley, B on the hat-block shaft B, for driving the latter shaft and hat-block at a slow speed in a direction reverse to that in which the belt 13 would drive it.

The pulleys B B and C are loose on their respective shafts B and 0. Either B or 13 may be brought into gear with the hat-block shaft B, the other being at the same time thrown out of gear by a double cone-cluteh, b, which is fitted to the said shaft in such manner as to compel the said shaft to turn with it, but to be capable of being moved lengthwise thereon between the pulleys B B by means of a hand-lever, b and a forked rod, b". The pulley G is also loose on its shaft 0, but is capable of being coupled thereto or uncoupled therefrom by a clutch, c, on the said shaft. This clutch may be operated by means of a hand-rod, 0 which is connected by a bell-crank, D, with the yoke-rod l)", which encircles a grooved portion of the clutch c.

The purpose of the pouncing-roller E is to perform what is termed in pouncing the roughing operation-that is to say, it cuts off the hair. The purpose of the elastic pouncing-block l1 to perform what is called the clearing, which is commonly done by hand with sand-paper, and the purpose of the reciprocating pouncer G is to effect the finishing. These several pouncing devices maybe all operated together, the reciprocating pouncer being made to operate upon one part of the revolving hat--as, for instance, the tip-while the pouncing-roller E and pouncing-pad F are operating on the side crown; or by operating on opposite sides of the hat the same parts of the sides may receive the different kinds of work almost simultaneously.

During the first part of the operation, when what is called roughing is to be performed, the lever h is made to press the holder E toward the hat-body with suiflcient force to overcome the flexibility of the pouncing-pad F and allow the roller E to come into contact with the hat-body. The roller E and the pouncin g-pad F will then operate together; but after the roughing operation has been carried 011 long enough to remove the hair the pressure is relaxed sufficiently to allow the roller E to fall back from the hat or be thrown oif there from by the resilience of the pad E, which is then kept in contact and worked all over the hat for a sufficient length of time to complete what is called clearing. During the roughing and clearing operations the pulley B is in gear with the hat-block shaft l3, and which, being then driven by the belt B", causes the hat to rotate at a high speed; but after these operations have been finished. the hand-lever b is operated to throw the clutch I) out of gear from the pulley 1-3 and into gear with that B and at the same time the rod 0 is manipulated, so that the lever b and the rod I) throw the clutch 0 into the pulley O and. bring the latter into gear with the shaft G. This causes the shaft B and the hat-block and hat upon it to rotate slowly in the opposite direction to that in which they had previously rotated, and during this slow reversed revolution the reciprocating pouncer G is brought into opera tion on the hat by its lever G to perform the finishing.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The eombinatiomwith a rotary hat-block, and a roller having a pouncing-surface, and which is free to be rotated by contact with the rotating hat on said block, of an elastic pouncing-pad and a movable support common. to both said roller and pouncing-pad, whereby said roller and pouncing-block may be together moved toward and from the rotary hat block, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. The combination, with a rotary hat block and pouncing-roller, of a movable support for the said roller, and an elastic pouncing-pad carried by said support in such relation to said roller that in the movement of the said roller toward the hat on the block the said pad will. first reach the hat, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with arotaryhatblock, and a roller having a pouncing-surface, and which is free to be rotated by contact with a hat on said block, of a movable support for the said roller, and an elastic pouncing-pad carried by said support in such relation to said roller that when not subjected to press me toward the hat=block it may hold the said roller out of contact with the hat thereon, but when pressed against the hat may permit the roller also to come in contact therewith, substantially as and for the purpose herein describeth 4. The combination, with a rotary hat-block, and a roller having a pouncing-surface, and which is free to be rotated by contact with a hat on said block, of a movable holder for said roller, and an elastic pouncing-pad connected with said holder in a position Which brings a portion of the surface of said pouncing-pad nearer than the periphery of the said roller to the l1at-lolock, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

5. The combination, with a rotary hat-block, a pouncing-roller capable of being rotated by contact with a rotating hat on said block, of a pouncing-pad, and a holder for said roller and pad, and means, substantially as herein described, for changing and securing the posi 6. A pouncing-pad for pouncing hats, having an elastic flexible portion projecting beyond the body of said pad and capable of bending over the said body, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

7. The combination, with a-rotary hat-block, a pouncing-roller which is free to be rotated by contact with a hat on such block, and a pouncer ,having a reciprocating motion, of two separate hand-levers, one for carrying said roller and the other for carrying said reciprocating pouncer, substantially as herein described, whereby the said roller and reciprocating pouncer may be manipulated together or separately, as herein set'forth.

JOHN 0. WILSON.

WVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, C. E. SUNDGREN. 

